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Job Description
Design and oversee construction and repair of marine craft and floating structures such as ships, barges, tugs, dredges, submarines, torpedoes, floats, and buoys. May confer with marine engineers.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2121.02
Also Known As…
- Structural Engineer
- Piping Designer
- Naval Architect Specialist
- Naval Architect
- Marine Structural Designer
- Marine Architect
- Initial Design and Naval Architecture Supervisor
- Engineering Specialist
- Designer
- Boat Builder
- Structural Designer
- Engineering Technician
- Boat Designer
Tasks for “Marine Architects”
- Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards.
- Oversee construction and testing of prototype in model basin and develop sectional and waterline curves of hull to establish center of gravity, ideal hull form, and buoyancy and stability data.
- Confer with marine engineering personnel to establish arrangement of boiler room equipment and propulsion machinery, heating and ventilating systems, refrigeration equipment, piping, and other functional equipment.
- Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.
- Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.
- Conduct stability analyses of ships.
- Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Plotters
- Personal computers
- Hard hats
- Desktop computers
- Safety glasses
- HydroComp NavCad
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Siemens PLM Software NX
- Seasafe Marine Software Seasafe
- ShipConstructor
- Microsoft Outlook
- Intergraph SmartMarine 3D
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Project
- ANSYS ASAS
- Microsoft Excel
- Proteus Engineering FastShip
- Strand7
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- ANSYS FLUENT
- Autodesk Algor Simulation
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- AeroHydro MultiSurf
- The Napa Group NAPA
- Microsoft Access
- MSC Software Nastran
- Herbert Software Solutions HECSALV
- Creative System GHS
- ANSYS AQWA